In Chengyang, a Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China
We traveled the 30 days our visa permitted throughout China’s southwestern provinces in Mai 2008: Guangxi (Guilin, Yangshuo), Sichuan (Chengdu, Leshan, Emei Shan), Yunnan (Lijiang, Dali, Kunming, Yuanyang) & Xishuangbanna (Jingling). This was definitely not enough! Nevertheless, we now know it can be easily done without a common language. This introduction to China also was an immense eye opener and some of the negative concepts we had of this country we corrected or simply vanished!
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- Karst Landscape along Yulong River, Yangshuo, China
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- Karst Landscape along Li River, Yangshuo, China
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- Yan women, famous for their long, pitch-black hair that they whirl around their head like a turban, Ping’An, China
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- Yan women, famous for their long, pitch-black hair that they whirl around their head like a turban, Ping’An, China
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- Women in traditional dress, Ping’An, China
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- Rice Terraces of Ping’An, China
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- Rice Terraces of Ping’An, China
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- Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge, Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China
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- Chengyang, a Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China
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- Inside the Drum Tower, in Pingtan Zhai, a Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China
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- Inside the Drum Tower, in Pingtan Zhai, a Dong Village near Sanjiang, Guilin region, China
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- In the streets of Chengdu, China
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- Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Red Panda, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Baby Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Baby Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China
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- Emei Shan, the Holy Mountain, near Chengdu, China
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- Leshan, the Biggest Bhudda, near Chengdu, China
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- Leshan, the Biggest Bhudda, near Chengdu, China
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- Cobble-stone streets lined with traditional Naxi architecture in the Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan’s number one tourist destination, China
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- Cobble-stone streets lined with traditional Naxi architecture in the Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan’s number one tourist destination, China
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- Wenbi Monastery, Lijiang, Yunnun, China
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- Wenbi Monastery, Lijiang, Yunnun, China
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- Baisha, a village with well preserved old temples and some frescos from the 5th and 6th century done by Tibetan, Naxi and Han artists, Yunnan, China
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- Baisha, a village with well preserved old temples and some frescos from the 5th and 6th century done by Tibetan, Naxi and Han artists, Yunnan, China
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- In Lijiang, Yunnan’s number one tourist destination, China
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- Cobble-stone streets lined with traditional Naxi architecture in the Old Town of Lijiang, Yunnan’s number one tourist destination, China
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- In Lijiang, Yunnan’s number one tourist destination, China
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- Young Chinese partying in Lijiang, Yunnan, China
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- Traditional Bai dances, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Traditional Bai dances, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Traditional Bai dances, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Traditional Bai dances, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Batik Factory, a Dali specialty, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Batik Factory, a Dali specialty, Dali, Yunnan, China
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- Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang (here in Duoyishu), Yunnan, China
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- Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang (here in Duoyishu), Yunnan, China
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- Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang (here in Duoyishu), Yunnan, China
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- Woman at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang (here in Duoyishu), Yunnan, China
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- Market at a small Hani village near the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Market at a small Hani village near the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Market at a small Hani village near the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Working on the rice fields at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Working on the rice fields at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Working on the rice fields at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Working on the rice fields at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Working on the rice fields at the Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang, Yunnan, China
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- Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang at sunset, Yunnan, China
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- Rice Terrasses of Yuanyang at sunset, Yunnan, China
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- Jinghong, the capital of the Xishuangbanna province, seems like the Chinese Riviera, China
You have brought back so many fond memories for us. Western China was a big challenge for us also but was it one of the biggest adventures of our lives… hell yeah it was!!! Every time a post of yours pops up in my feed, I know I will be getting fantastic imagery with a deeper meaning. Thank you
Prue
Thanks, Prue & Becks.
Communication was especially challenging, as well as the huge cultural gap between rural China and our lives.
But it was one of the most rewarding trips I ever did.
Glad you likely pictures 😉 Been re-editing many of them in the last months…
Cheers, Gilles